A Hanukkah candle, its measure is \u201cuntil all feet have vanished from the market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regel<\/em> [foot\/leg] comes from the word Meragel<\/em> [spy]. \u201cMarket\u201d means the public domain. When we are in the private domain, we walk in wholeness and there is no room for spies. On Hanukkah, we must extend the light of Hanukkah until all the quality of \u201cspies\u201d vanishes from the market, for in the place of the light, there is no room for the Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> [other side].<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe following year they were appointed as [days of] praise and gratitude.\u201d Why did they wait for the following year? It is because on the first year of their victory, because of the greatness of the miracle and the brightness, they adhered to their Maker and seemingly became one body, to the point that they did not need to appoint praise and gratitude. But the next year, they had to appoint it with praise and gratitude the way one hammers something with nails so it will not fall, so they will adhere to the Creator through gratitude (Avodat Ysrael<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The debates concerning Hanukkah were not mentioned in the Mishnah although there is a dispute between Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel, for the Mishnah is the internality of the world, but only in the Braita [Gemara], which is external, as it is written, \u201cGo and learn it outside,\u201d for Hanukkah implies that the brightness is mainly about lowering down the Kedusha<\/em> [holiness] so that it shines outside (idem.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the view of Beit Shammai, it \u201cwanes down\u201d like the fruit of the festival, implying that through the external Kedusha<\/em>, they are rejected and gradually decline. According to Beit Hillel, \u201cit gradually increases,\u201d implying the Kedusha<\/em>, to draw the Kedusha<\/em> as in \u201cincreasing holiness\u201d (idem.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBroke the walls of my towers.\u201d A wall means keeping strangers from entering the tower. The \u201ctower\u201d means Kedusha<\/em>, called \u201ca tower filled with abundance.\u201d Conversely, all the Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em> has is emptiness. The wall is called \u201cboundary that divides between Kedusha<\/em> and Sitra<\/em> Achra<\/em>,\u201d which is faith. It is called \u201cboundary,\u201d meaning the limit of the thought and the external mind. This is called \u201cthe seal of the token of the covenant of holiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n We must understand why the Greeks wanted specifically to revoke the circumcision and Shabbat [Sabbath]. Circumcision is called a \u201ctoken,\u201d and Shabbat is called a \u201ctoken,\u201d referring to the covenant of holiness. A covenant means faith, as implied in the words, \u201cAnd you shall circumcise the foreskin of your hearts.\u201d Through faith, one is rewarded with faith in the Creator. The Klipa<\/em> [shell\/peel], which is called \u201cforeskin,\u201d parts from it, so there is room for installing Kedusha<\/em>. All their efforts were to cancel them and admit them into the cursed philosophy, which is against faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is called a \u201cwall.\u201d To the extent that they inserted philosophy, to that extent it is considered that the wall was breached. This is the meaning of the words, \u201cbroke the walls of my towers and defiled all the oils,\u201d for \u201coil\u201d means the clarity in Torah and work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A stupor and sealing were placed on the Kedusha<\/em>, meaning they felt no vitality in Torah and work, and found only one jar of oil that was marked with the seal of the high priest, and it had enough to burn for only one day. A miracle happened and they lit with it for eight days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith His mighty hand, He brought forth the Segula<\/em> [remedy\/power\/virtue].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should understand what is this Segula<\/em>. In the essay \u201cMutual Guarantee,\u201d he writes, \u201cAnd you will be unto Me a Segula<\/em> from all the nations, for all the earth is Mine.\u201d He asks what is the connection of Segula<\/em> to \u201call the earth is Mine.\u201d He explains there that \u201cYou will be unto Me a Segula<\/em>,\u201d for through you, sparks of cleansing of the body will be passed on to the all the nations, for Segula<\/em> means a desire to bestow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Indeed, we should understand why it is called Segula<\/em>. It is known that something that is not confirmed by the intellect usually does not change to another state. It follows that the reason has no direct relation to the result, and this is called Segula<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, a person who needs money in order to be rich is told that there is a Segula<\/em> that if he donates a lot of money to charity, it is a Segula<\/em> for wealth. This is counterintuitive, for one who wants to be rich should not waste any penny on others. And yet, \u201cGive tithing so you will become rich,\u201d this is called Segula<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Concerning our matter, \u201cOne who wants to live should put himself to death.\u201d That is, one who wants to lead a life of pleasure must not want and not receive anything for himself, but only to bestow. Only by this will he receive delight and pleasure. It follows that the desire to bestow is a Segula<\/em> to thereby obtain abundance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why they said, \u201cWith His mighty hand,\u201d called \u201cthe hand of Hesed<\/em> [grace\/mercy],\u201d for Hesed<\/em> is called \u201cmighty,\u201d He took out the Segula<\/em> from the people of Israel. By giving to the creatures that quality of Hesed<\/em>, they can execute the vessels of bestowal from what one is included in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of \u201cYour right [hand] is stretched out to greet the returning.\u201d \u201cReturning” means that when one does not want to be a receiver, but always wants to be among the returners, he returns everything he needs. Then, one who wants to be among the returners, \u201cYour right is stretched out,\u201d meaning the quality of Hesed<\/em> that the Creator is sending him. By this He takes out the Segula<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our sages said, \u201cWhat is Hanukkah? Hanu<\/em> [parked] Koh<\/em> [here].\u201d It is known that Koh<\/em> refers to Malchut<\/em>, the name BON<\/em>, Aleph<\/em>–Hey<\/em>–Yod<\/em> with a filling of Heys<\/em> of the filling of the filling. This means that those who had a war to take upon themselves the kingdom of heaven, because acceptance of the kingdom of heaven is built on the basis of in order to receive, there is a great war, since this is against nature. Hence, emerging from this state is called \u201cthe miracle of Hanukkah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is regarded as \u201clowers the proud to the ground, and raises the low up on high,\u201d for bestowal is low in our eyes because when one sees that this act will not yield any reward for his own benefit, he feels it as a state of lowliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the meaning of \u201cWe have no permission to use them, but only to see them\u201d regarding Hanukkah candles. Using is with vessels of reception, and here the miracle was that they served the Creator with vessels of bestowal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a difference between Hanukkah and Purim: The miracle of Hanukkah is on vessels of bestowal, whereas on Purim, the miracle was on vessels of reception. 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